Cat's Eye | |
![]() The eighth volume of the Jump Comics edition, depicting the three Kisugi sisters | |
キャッツ アイ (Kyattsu Ai) | |
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Manga | |
Written by | Tsukasa Hojo |
Published by | Shueisha |
English publisher | Coamix |
Imprint | Jump Comics |
Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Jump |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | September 14, 1981 – January 22, 1985 |
Volumes | 18 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Yoshio Takeuchi |
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Written by | Junichi Iioka |
Music by | Kazuo Otani |
Studio | Tokyo Movie Shinsha |
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Original network | NNS (NTV) |
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Original run | July 11, 1983 – March 26, 1984 |
Episodes | 36 |
Anime television series | |
Cat's Eye 2 | |
Directed by | Kenji Kodama |
Produced by |
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Written by | Junichi Iioka |
Music by | Kazuo Otani |
Studio | Tokyo Movie Shinsha |
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Original network | NNS (NTV) |
Original run | October 8, 1984 – July 8, 1985 |
Episodes | 37 |
Manga | |
Cat's Eyes | |
Written by | Sakura Nakameguro |
Illustrated by | Shin Asai |
Published by | Tokuma Shoten |
Magazine | Monthly Comic Zenon |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | October 25, 2010 – January 25, 2014 |
Volumes | 8 |
Original net animation | |
Lupin III vs Cat's Eye | |
Directed by |
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Written by | Shūji Kuzuhara |
Music by |
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Studio | TMS Entertainment |
Licensed by | Amazon Prime Video |
Released | January 27, 2023 |
Live-action film | |
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Cat's Eye (Japanese: キャッツ♥アイ, Hepburn: Kyattsu Ai, stylized as CAT'S♥EYE) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tsukasa Hojo. It was serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1981 to 1985, with its chapters collected into 18 tankōbon. The story follows the adventures of the three Kisugi sisters — Hitomi, Rui and Ai, who are formidable art thieves trying to collect all the works belonging to their missing father.
The manga was made into a televised anime series of the same name originally broadcast in 1983 to 1984 on Nippon TV, with a second season ending in 1985. It has also received two live-action adaptations; a TV movie in 1988 and a theatrical film in 1997. A crossover ONA with Lupin III that TMS Entertainment produced, premiered on Amazon Prime Video in 2023.
Cat's Eye is one of Weekly Shōnen Jump's best-selling manga series of all time, with over 20 million copies sold, making it one of the best-selling manga series.